Musa Roba-Kinkal

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Musa Roba-Kinkal (born August 16, 1989 in Arsi , Ethiopia ) is a German long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin.

Career

Roba-Kinkal grew up as the son of a farmer couple in Ethiopia and was already enthusiastic about running in his childhood. After his politically active father went missing and his brother was murdered, his uncle took him out of the country for his own safety in 2005. Instead of going to Canada as planned , however, he first ended up in a children's home in Frankfurt am Main . Roba-Kinkal has lived in Gelnhausen , Hesse , since 2006 , where he was adopted by a local and joined TV Gelnhausen .

Roba-Kinkal soon celebrated numerous successes in the youth and junior sector. In 2007 he became German A youth champion in the 10-kilometer road run , runner-up in the cross-country run and third in the 3,000-meter run indoors and outdoors. He also took third place in the junior class at the German Championships in the 10,000 meter run . The following year he successfully defended his road running title. In 2009 he was with the Athletics U23 European Championships in Kanaus tenth in the 5000-meter race , finishing at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin in the age group U23 ninth. In addition, he came second in the German championships in the junior class over 10,000 meters and in the main class in the 5000 meter run behind Arne Gabius .

In 2010 Roba-Kinkal switched to TV Wattenscheid 01 , where he trained with Alexander Mikitenko, the husband of the successful long-distance runner Irina Mikitenko . At the Paderborn Easter run he finished ninth in 28:50 minutes on the 10-kilometer route. After he had finished third at the German Championships in Ohrdruf and had undercut the required qualification standard with 28: 41.60 minutes, he had hopes of participating in the European Championships in Barcelona . Ultimately, however, defending champion Jan Fitschen , Christian Glatting and obstacle course specialist Filmon Ghirmai were given preference. Apart from that, he won the race at the Berlin City Night 2010.

Roba-Kinkal followed the Mikitenko couple to SC Gelnhausen in 2011 . In April he made his debut on the half marathon distance and finished second behind André Pollmächer at the German Championships in Griesheim with a time of 1:04:30 h . Three weeks later he won the 10,000 meter run at the German Championships in Essen . Over the same distance he won the bronze medal at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava . At the German Championships in Kassel, he finished fourth over 5000 meters. A week later he won the competition at the Berlin City Night again.

Musa Roba-Kinkal has been married to the Ethiopian-German long-distance runner Fate Tola since 2011 . He has been working for the LG Braunschweig since 2012 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau : Waiting for the German passport , November 22, 2008
  2. ↑ The Westen.de: Glatting German master, Roba-Kinkal Third , May 2, 2010
  3. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: André Pollmächer crowns comeback with a title , April 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Runner's World : Musa Roba-Kinkal and Sabrina Mockenhaupt win sovereign , May 8, 2011
  5. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Flash News of the Day , May 12, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Roba-Kinkal, Musa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German long-distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Arsi , Ethiopia